Has anyone thought about installing an Under Glow Kit on their Mini? I was thinking about it today. Might look pretty cool at night. Green Neon with the British Racing Green Color...huh

 

havent installed an under kit but, i have a bunch of l.e.d lights accenting my audio istall. i am going to do under neons soon though.

 

Bling is a personal preference but why do that to such a classic vehicle as MINI? Maybe a Dodge Neon:impatient

 

Rice.............JMHO

 

i know its ricer status...but remember my last car was a 2003 Civic Si and before that a 1997 Mistsu. Eclipse

 

Personal choice. I think it would look pretty dumb , but it's not my car so my opinion does not matter.

Real problem seeing as you are in CA is that you can't use it on the roads at all. You are only allowed to have red and amber lighting visiable from the back and white and amber visiable from the front so the green would almost definitely get you a nice ticket.

 

To each his own. In most places its it illegal to drive with the lights on.

 

don't feed the trolls....

 

 

i don't know about neons but puddle lights might look good.

 

 

Another vote for nO. Not on a MINI....please god no.

-Cody

 

I remember someone at MOTD 2006 had gone one step further. His underside glow lights were a rolling disco. Kinda neat for a party night, on someone else's MINI. I can't remember who it was though.

 

I have them on all my vehicles, except my wife's Equinox. It's NOT a ricer statement. Neons were out before the whole "Sport Compact" revolution came out, and there were guys putting neons under their cars back in the '50s. Do what you want to your car, and don't be concerned with what others think. Nothing I do to my cars is for anybody but myself. I love a nice eerie glow coming from underneath my car.

 

I really couldnt have said it better myself. Im a fan of neon lighting with a couple caveats.

1) color must lend itself to the overall them. IE: red lights on red car, blue on a black or blue car, green on green.. etc
2) CAN NOT see the bulbs. I love the glow. Seeing the bulbs sucks. Also a lot more likely to get a ticket for exposed bulbs, as they are more evident from further away, giving cops more reason to look.

I want to throw some under my car, but having a hard time figuring out where I could mount them and not have the bulbs visisible. My 74 beetle will certainly have them though

 

Sly Stone said it best. Different strokes for different folks.

 

See if you can get some clear corners while you're at it...and maybe a NISMO sticker across the hood. Yeah, that would look GREAT on a Mini.

 

Oh yeah.....and don't forget the GTR emblems to replace the Cooper emblems

 

Maybe if BMW had designed the car to have clear corners. The best you can do is get white arch lights. And leave the NISMO to Nissan. Slap your Cooper Works decal across your hood.

 

I would not do it to mine, but to each his own.

 

Anybody remember the light show Royce (GBMINI) had under his car. LOL. A lot of people hated it. I have to say, do what you like. The entire point of having a MINI in my opinion is making it your own. If the green neon makes it you, then by all means do it.

 

I agree. I hate the bulb showing, and I hate seeing orange lights on a green car. I have white on my MINI and turquoise on my teal Sidekick.

On the MINIs, it's real easy to hide the bulb, except for the front. You have to get creative. I recommend LED underbody kits. I hit a possum doing 70 one night and it knocked the bar off the mounting, but did no damage to the bar. My Gold MINI was at MOTD. It was the one with the white lights underneath. Like I said before, people were doing it wayyyy before the so called "ricers" were.

 

mind pming me with pics of your lights under the car? showing mounts etc? and also, which brand /model do you have under the mini. Id love to add some before next spring

 

PM sent.

 

Maybe you guys might find some inspiration here.